Chelation Therapy works for Family with Autistic Child
There are always stories about the dangers of chelation therapy and the instances in which a tragic circumstance has occurred but I came across an uplifting story about a family who has found chelation therapy beneficial for their son Charlie who struggles with autisim. His marked improvements are obvious to both the family and school.
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“His parents and his school are amazed at the progress an autistic little boy named Charlie Blakey has been making.
The transformation began right after Charlie started a treatment most experts say is useless — and possibly dangerous.
The treatment, called chelation, removes mercury and other toxic metals from the body. The theory is that the mercury kids received from vaccines caused their autism.
Since undergoing chelation, Charlie has had fewer temper tantrums and is spending less time walking around in circles. He is talking more and is easier to understand. And, there’s been a big jump in his language test scores.
“The brain fog lifted,” said his mother, Christina Blakey, of Oak Park. “He just started picking things up. They couldn’t teach him fast enough.”
No one knows how many autistic kids are undergoing chelation, but by most estimates, the number is in the thousands or even tens of thousands.
Dr. Anju Usman, who prescribed Charlie’s chelation, has 1,000 autistic kids in her practice, and a two-year waiting list of 500 patients. The Naperville family practice physician is among a handful of doctors in the country who prescribe chelation. Usman recommends chelation when other treatments don’t work. “Parents see kids get better and they tell one another,” Usman said. “It’s the results that bring them here.”
The chelation movement is a grass-roots revolt against mainstream medicine, which has been unable to find out what causes autism or how to cure it.”
source: Chicago Sun-Times, by Jim Ritter